Temporary binder.



PATENTED APR.19,'1'904.

W. J. RILE. TEMPORARY BINDER. 310M101: nun mm. 0, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented April 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. RILE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EDVVA RD L. SHIPMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

V SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,682, dated April 19, 1904.

Application filed December 9, 1903. Serial No. 184,384. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. RILE, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York city, borough of Brooklyn, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Temporary Binders, of which thefollowing is a specification. v My invention relates to improvements in temporary binders, and more particularly to the class of binders shown in United States Letters Patent No. 336,954, dated March 2, 1886; and the invention has for its object to provide improved means for holding or looking the binding-tongue in the slot of the hinge to prevent such tongue from becoming disconnected from the hinge by sidewise movement. In carrying out my invention I utilize the covers, slotted hinges, and binding-tongues arranged substantially as illustrated in said patent, and I connect to said hinge an arm adapted to extend across such slot, which armis adapted to lie along the hinge to permit the usual holding-loop carried by the hinge to engage the arm to hold it from sidewise movement, whereby the tongue can be locked in the said slot.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein Figure 1 is a face view of a temporary binder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross section thereof, enlarged, on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. the hinges on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a similar View on the line 4: 4 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail of part of a hinge, and Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the lockingarm.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

In the drawings, the numerals l 2 indicate the covers, 3' the flexible back therefor, 4-. 5 the hinges flexibly connected with the covers, 6 the binding tongues or pins, and 7 the strip secured to hinge 4c and provided with the sliding loops 8 for holding the binding-tongues,

all of which may be arranged in usual man ner and as shown in said Patent No. 336,954. The tongues 6 may be connected with the hinges 5 in usual manner, and, as shown, the

Fig. 3 is a section, enlarged, through openings in hinge t, through which the hinding-tongues pass, are in the form of slots opening at one edge of the hinge, as indicated at 4, and provided with slot-ted eyelets, (indicated at 9.)

At 11 are indicated arms pivotally connected with hinge 4, as at 12, and adapted to pass sidewise across the slots 4 to prevent the holding-tongues from slipping sidewise from said slots when said arms are held in position. In the arrangement shown the arms 11 are pivoted to the hinge 4 beyond the slots a in position to be swung across the strip 7, so that the sliding loops 8 may pass over said arms. '(See Figs. 1 and 6.) By preference the arm 11 has a recess or notch (indicated at 11)t0 aline with slot Fin position to receive the binding-tongue 6 to permit the arm to be swung parallel to the hinge, (see Fig. 1,) and thereby be in position to receive the sliding loop 8, and when the loop passes over said arm the latter is prevented from side movement, and thereby the binding-tongue is locked in the slot 45 of hinge 4.

In using my improvements the bindingtongues are passed through the papers or pamphlet and sidewise into the slot 4* of hinge 4 in usual manner, and while the tongues extend outwardly, as shown in Fig. 3, the arms 11 are preferably swung to the holding position and the tongues 6 bent down over said arms, and then the slides 8 are pushed over both the tongues and the arms, thereby simultaneously locking the tongues down upon the hinge and preventing side movement of the arms. As the arms are thus locked under the tongues, side movement of the latter is prevented, and the tongues are thus firmly held on the hinge. To release the papers, the loops 8 are slid from the tongues, the latter are raised, the arms 11 swung outwardly, and then the tongues withdrawn from the slots and the papers removed in the usual manner.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination of the covers and hinges, one of which is provided with a slot opening through the side edge thereof, a loop mounted to slide along the hinge, a binding-tongue,

and an arm movably connected with the hinge and adapted to extend across the slot and arranged to lie in position upon the hinge to permit the loop to pass thereover, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the covers and hinges, one of which is provided with a slot having one side opening through the edge of the hinge, a loop mounted to slide along the hinge, an arm pivotally carried by the hinge'and provided with a recess to coincide with the slot, and a holding-tongue adapted to pass through the slot and to enter the recess in the arm, said arm being arranged to lie along the hinge to permit the loop to pass thereover, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the covers and hinges, one of which is provided with slots opening through the side edge thereof, a strip secured upon the hinge, loops mounted to slide upon the strip, arms pivotally carried by the hinge adapted to lie along the same, and holdingtongues carried by one hinge and arranged to pass through said slots, said arms being arranged to lie under the tongues when the latter are bent down to permit the loops to slide over the tongues and arms, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the covers and hinges,

one of the latter being provided with slots 3 opening through the edge thereof, a strip upon the hinge, loops mounted to slide on the strip, arms pivotally supported by the hinge and provided with recesses in one side to aline with the slots in the hinge, and holding-tongues 3 5 carried by one hinge and arranged to pass through the slots in the other hinge and to receive the recesses in said arms, said tongues being arranged to be bent down upon the arms so that the tongues and arms lie parallel in line to have the loops pass over them, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the covers and hinges, one of which is provided with a slot opening through the side edge thereof, a strip secured 45 upon said hinge, a loop mounted to slide along the strip, a holding-tongue carried by one hinge and arranged to pass through said slot in the other hinge, and an arm movably connected with the last-named hinge and adapted 5 to retain said tongue in said slot and arranged to lie in position upon the hinge to permit said loop to pass thereover, substantially as described.

WILLIAM J. RILE. Witnesses:

LILLIAN GRAF, WILLIAM SCHWEGLER. 

